International

Tuesday, February 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
BHP Billiton turns down Chinalco offer about Rio Tinto stake

The head of the Chinese company that recently bought a chunk of mining giant Río Tinto said yesterday it was a strategic investment, and hinted his company would consider selling to BHP Billiton if the price was right.
Tuesday, February 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
World Bank Appoints Chinese Academic as Top Economist

The World Bank appointed Chinese national Justin Lin as its chief economist, the first time the post has gone to a candidate outside Europe and the U.S.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UK: concerns about wind farms threat to MoD radar

Concerns about wind turbines interfering with military radar are threatening ambitious Government plans of £ 200 million windfarm development.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bahamas accedes to two UN marine pollution treaties

The Bahamas, home to the world's third-largest registered fleet of ships, has acceded to two key International Maritime Organization (IMO) conventions that aim to discourage environmental pollution on the high seas, the United Nations agency announced today.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
RFA Lyme Bay has sailed on a mission to Tristan da Cunha

The MoD reported that RFA Lyme Bay was preparing to sail to Tristan da Cunha, where urgent repairs to the main harbour are required.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UN: More effective strategies to prevent global conflicts.

Despite a wide range of tools available to the United Nations in the areas of preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace building, a new United Nations calls for measures to boost the world body's capacity to prevent conflicts.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
World Said to Be on Brink of Cancer Epidemic

International health agencies say the world is on the brink of a cancer epidemic. The World Health Organization reports 7.6 million people died of the disease in 2005. It predicts the number of cancer deaths and new cases of the disease will rise astronomically in the coming years, unless action is taken now to reverse smoking trends and provide treatment to patients in developing countries.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bernanke Makes Bulls From Dollar Bears Seeing Growth

Ben S. Bernanke's decision to lower interest rates 1.25 percentage points last month will end the dollar's two-year slide, according to the world's biggest currency traders.
Sunday, February 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Norway determined to have its share of Antarctic fisheries

It had always been technically difficult to harvest the abundant valuable krill known to populate the ocean waters around Antarctica and preserve their quality in the process. In recently breaking in a new trawling technology, however, Norwegian company Aker Biomarine ASA has made the feat suddenly possible.
Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bali conference: “major setback” for fight against corruption

Transparency International (TI) and a broad civil society anti-corruption coalition have labelled as a major setback the failure of the Bali international corruption conference to agree on how to independently assess country progress in implementing the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).